From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:57:25 -0400

The first few books of the Stone of Truth series may be ok but there are some sections later that I would not put into a school library.

Alison

Alison M. Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon at brooklynpubliclibrary.org
(718) 230-2744

-----Original Message----- From: James Elliott [mailto:j_c_elliott at msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:56 AM To: Jude.Scally at eu.dodea.edu; ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Adult Fantasy for Middle Schools

If they like a bit of humor mixed in with their fantasy, I would highly recommend:

Terry Pratchett's "Disk World" series. I believe he started out for adult readers and then switched to targeting some of them for teen readers.

Piers Anthony's "Xanth" and the "apprentice Adept" series. Neither have the

'soft porn' feel of some of his other series, and have a liberal dose of humor (moreso in the 'Xanth' series, which is a world built upon the ignoble

pun).

Other more 'serious' work:

Tolkien, of course.

Anne McCaffrey's "Pern" series, although a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, she's built a complex and believable world.

Terry Brook's "Shannara"

Terry Goodkind's "Stone of Truth" (My first thought in reading the first book, however, was 'Gosh, this is just a re-working of "Star Wars"!' My opinon of that book has not changed but he's taken the series in a good direction.)

James Elliott Gadsden County Public Library System 732 Pat Thomas Parkway Quincy, FL. 32351-4210


>From: "Scally, Jude" <Jude.Scally at eu.dodea.edu>
>To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Adult Fantasy for Middle Schools
>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:42:27 +0200
>
> Does anyone have any recommendation for Adult fantasy books for the
>Middle School? I love the David Eddings series and thought they would
>work. My 8th graders talk about reading Stephen King's The Stand, but
>I'm not sure that would work in a 5-8 middle school. What are your
>thoughts???
>
>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Jude Scally
>Bitburg Middle School
>Bitburg Germany
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